attraction

noun

1. the act, power, or property of attracting.
2. attractive quality; magnetic charm; fascination; allurement; enticement: the subtle attraction of her strange personality.
3. a person or thing that draws, attracts, allures, or entices: The main attraction was the after-dinner speaker.
4. a characteristic or quality that provides pleasure; attractive feature: The chief attractions of the evening were the good drinks and witty conversation.
5. Physics. the electric or magnetic force that acts between oppositely charged bodies, tending to draw them together.
6. an entertainment offered to the public.

noun

1. the act, power, or quality of attracting
2. a person or thing that attracts or is intended to attract
3. a force by which one object attracts another, such as the gravitational or electrostatic force
4. a change in the form of one linguistic element caused by the proximity of another element

n.

late 14c., from French attraction, from Latin attractionem (nominative attractio) “a drawing together,” noun of action from past participle stem of attrahere (see attract). Originally a medical word, “absorption by the body;” meaning “action of drawing to” is from 1540s (again medical); extended to magnetic, then figuratively to personal (c.1600) qualities. Meaning “a thing which draws a crowd, interesting or amusing exhibition” is from 1829, a sense that developed in English and soon transferred to the French equivalent of the word.

n.

1. A force acting mutually between particles of matter to draw them together and to resist their separation.